Thermometer



Get. 16, 1923. A

J. KoMoRous THERMOMETER mw Dec. 1,5. 1920 I4 ttarnjr.

. f Patented Get. 15, 1923... l

JOSEPH noiuonous, kor nrvnnsrpn, IL Lrnors..Asstenosmo resistenynovnnrrfoorrg Y A PANY,onwCHceeo,frnL1Nors.

` Appneti'qnmeenecember15,x1eeo.- seriai ne." 310,350.YA

To all 'whom t may 4conf/"67%:`

Be it known Vthat L Josnrrr Cook, ands-Statev of Illinois,` inventedcertain new and AusefulImprovements'lin Thermometers, vof whichthe;'following .is la.

specification. Y .y -Y ."My inventionvrelates to-Al improvements inthermometers, and has for' itsA object the lprovision of anr improved.constructionv of Ythis character Whichis durable andeihcient.- infuseand capable of economical mannfac-` i forming a part ofgthisspeeiieatiom'and in which,

Fig. l is ya face'view of a thermometerf construction embodyin'gtheinvention( A F 1g. 2 a section taken onl1ne`2 `-r2of Fig. 1,

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Fig. 4Q a section taken onlineilp-l'e'l-of The preferred Vform ofconstruction7 f as illustrated in the..drawings,V comprises ak .facingsheet 5 Yof conge'alable gelatinous material such as Celluloid. llhesheet is reinforced and stidened by means ofa back"- ing 6 of sheetmetal secured thereto. jTheQ sheet 5v carries on its outer face anordinaryV thermometer tube 7 v secured in plaee'bymeansV of metal loopsorstaples Sylviaving asY shown,V said scale being arrangedin .zigzagformWith alternate portlonsion opposite sides ofthe thermometerjtub'esThe",l mountingA is further reinforced land sftiE-y 'Y ened by meansfofAa sheet '10 `of cardboard or thelike, the sheets 5 and G'being Asecuredto-the sheet' l()Vv byl first folding thejedges l1 of the sheet over theedges ofy thesheetlr:

A KoiifroioUs,v a citizen of thev UnitedStates, `and/"a grcsident of thecity of" Riverside, county [of Fig.V 3 a section vtaken kogn-lineSffoff6 and thenupsetting or bending said edges" aroundjthey edgesfofthef'car'dboard sheetY 10, es shown,A andvvhereby theV sheetr Y'will TheY`cardboafrolsheet ,l0 isfprovided` inJ itsupper -'L be` Astretchedandfseeured' in place.

edge with tWo adjacent notches l2 anda support in the'form' of astringi?) is formed intov aloopby tying a' knot let between thevendsthereof,` Asaid'- loop beingV V`inserted in the notchesy i2 asindicated, before ythe edgesif Y of the 'sheets-5 and 6 ar nps-et aroundthe edges of the sheet-'-l'0, seid vloop being thus firmly and Asecurelyheld in place by the'.`

upset edges. y'In this 'mannena simple-and 'u convenient means Visprovided forY suspend-r lv ing i the thermometer# on anail or the "likedrivenY into a VWall or the like. n fBy this farrangement, a thermometerY,provided in Which-'thethermometer tube is mounted inf-'a veryjsimpleyand keoni{en ient 1 Y manner on a facing of heat insulatingmate#rialand vvhe'rebyv thethermometer"willhe subjected .practically only? toatmospheric changes. Thespecitie form and arrange#y vmentfof thepartsfset forth is a Vsimp'leand effective` one for the purposeandrendersv ftlieeonstruction! capable `of manufacture.:

.so veryfeconomical While i have illustrated ,and "described "the'preferred forinro'f construction for can 4rymgjr'ny invention intojeffect,;th1s is capaf blefof variation and modificationWithoutdeparting from the spirit-of the invention;

l," therefcirev `do not .tvish to be `limited.,*to

the 'precise details offeonstructionfset forth, but vdesireto `availmyself of such variaclaimY as nen1 and desire 'toy secure -Leti tersPatent 1s:-'-r-. i'

tions andmodifieat-ions'as come vvithin the f scopegof theappended'claims. `havingdescribed'myjinventioinV -what 1. A thermometermountin co1,nprisi'nga` j fmetallicl backing member having its *edgesupset; andasheet rcongealable'fmateria'l secured to 'said .backingmemberbythaxfi'ngYV .its edges. turned' overfand underthe iedges4ofisaidY member. n

v 2. A;Ithermometer'mounting.comprising a backingmember... having itsLedges upset; a

*sheet ofmaterial disposed over saidlbaclny l ing-'inemberfand havingits'V edges turned kover Vand{under}theY edges Vof said backing'.member;` and. a reinforcing .member dis-"-r posed Within the upset edgesof saidbaclry lios ing member and f holding said material in kio Vsheetof dried gelatinous materiel secured to said backing member by he'mg itsedges turned .over and under the edges ,of said e proper position; r y

, 3. A'thermometer mounting;y comprising e backing member having itsedges upset; e

backing member; and a reinoreing member disposed Within said upset edgesand addiY .tionallyholding said geletineus meterielin position.

ingtheir inner ends projected through and f 2Q; seid j'metallie*backingVV rear of seidvmetellic member und disposedr 4l. Jrthermometercomprising a. metallic backing' member havingV its edges upset;.asheetof material secured to sait backing member by `having itsedgesiturned over the edges of seid member; @thermometer tube arre-ngeduponthe face or" said sheeteig mervterial; loops sum-@unding;` said tubeand hev-V clinched`V against member; :ind erre-enforcing member in thefwithin said upset edges for holdin` the sheet n a u a t hlx of materielin position.

51A thermometer comprising- .a facing' 1 eonsisting of a sheet ot driedgelatin, a sheet of metal, and e sheet o'fcerdboerd, the edges ofthe`gelatin sheet being folded around the edges of said metal end thecombined edges or" saidmetalandjgelatin sheet being upset around theedges of sind cardboard; e.

thermometer tube arranged on said facing.v

sheet, there .being a scale formed *on seid gelatin. sheet Vin operativerelation With said tube,end metzil loops surrounding said tube 'andhaving their ends passed through said Vgelatin and nietel sheets edgeso'seid metal and gelatin sheet being `upset around the edges. of saidcardboard; a

thermometer tube arranged en .ii

sheet, there'being a seule 'formeden said gelatin sheet'in operativerelation with seid tube, and met-el loops surrounding' seid tube andhaving` their ends passed threugh said gelatin andinetal sheets endcling-hed agaiiiistY the innerr izice of said metal sheet; and `a,

support consisting oit looped member, se-y cured`r to said Ythermometer, there being notches one edee ot said' eardbozu'd sheet toreceive said moped member and 's id looped member bemg'pleced insai/l'notcnes i and secured in place bythe upsetting-o? said edges,substantially as described. Y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specifies-tion intiey presence of; tufo subscribingWitnesses.

. y Jessie-i ironosons.

l 'Aliifitnessesz 'i l y W JOSHUA R. H. Porre,

B. RICHARDS.

